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Ritz, Augustus, fl. 1801 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07690 Author/Creator: Ritz, Augustus, fl. 1801 Place Written: Waldoboro, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 December 1801 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 18.3 cm, Width: 15.1 cm Order a Copy

Informs Knox he translated an "old german Document" into English for him. Notes he observed that Brigadier General [Samuel] Waldo had the "utmost Admiration" for the Germans. Written from "Waldoborough" [Waldoboro], Maine.

Ritz, Augustus, fl. 1801
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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